Two firms are doing their part to make a major impact in the Bayview community during the COVID-19 crisis. Pankow and MWH Constructors/Webcor Builders Joint Venture are two firms that the SFPUC are contracting with for major Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP) projects in the Bayview. Both firms are designated SFPUC Social Impact Partnership allies…
Author: Aziza Jackson
A Day in the Life: Meet Meg-Anne Pryor
Even before Meg-Anne Pryor’s interview begins, she is already on a call in her Burlingame office with one of her 75 apprentices. She is approachable yet assertive over the phone, and as the first African-American female District Apprentice Coordinator in Operating Engineers Local 3 Union history, it is not hard to see why. Pryor is…
Meet Stephen Robinson, the SFPUC’s New-ish Wastewater Enterprise Capital Programs Director
Stephen Robinson is no stranger to the SFPUC. As the new Wastewater Enterprise Capital Program Director, Robinson doesn’t think of his job as merely a title but as an opportunity to steer the agency forward towards a more sustainable future. “Five words for me in a title is just too many,” Robinson said through laughter….
Local Artists Sirron Norris and Malik Seneferu to Create Temporary Artworks for Bayview- Hunters Point Neighborhood
This story has been published by SFPUC’s Art and Community Benefits Program in partnership with SFAC’s Public Art Program. Bay Area visual artists Sirron Norris and Malik Seneferu have been selected by the SFPUC to be the first of four artists to create large-scale temporary murals in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. Artwork by Norris and…
Workforce Development Spotlight: Al Smith
For Al Smith, a career in the construction industry never comes too late. As a Laborer apprentice from San Francisco who grew up in Bayview-Hunters Point, Smith is currently working for Western Water, a subcontractor on WW–628 Southeast Treatment Plant (SEP) New Headworks Facility – Bruce Flynn Pump Station. “I kind of waited late in…
A Day in the Life: Meet David George
Any mention of his one-year-old grandson, and David George’s smile lights up the room. He proudly boasts that he was born and raised in the Bayview and starts reliving fond memories of the Hunters Point Community Youth Park and Aunt Bea, both staples of the historic neighborhood. “My childhood was kind of… I can say…